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2026
- February 2026: Matt gives a poster talk at the HHMI Janelia Science Meeting (Ashburn, CA)
- February 2026: Matt gives a platform talk at the Biophysical Society Annual Meeting (San Francisco, CA)
- March 2026: Matt served as a discussion leader at the Ligand Recognition and Molecular Gating GRS and presents a poster at both the GRS and GRC (Lucca, Italy)
2025
- January 2025: Matt gives an invited talk as part of the Variant Effects Seminar Series (VESS). VIDEO LINK
- March 2025: Matt gives a seminar to the Amgen membrane protein research group
- March 2025: Matt gives a poster talk at the Molecular Pharmacology GRS (Ventura, CA)
- July 2025: Matt presents a poster at the Membrane Protein Folding GRS/GRC (Barcelona, Spain)
- November 2025: Matt gives an invited talk at the 2nd Annual GPCR Forum virtual conference
- December 2025: Matt presents a poster at the ConfometRx GPCR Workshop (Kona, HI)
2024
- March 2024: Matt gives an invited talk at the 2024 Ligand Gating and Molecular Recognition GRS and a poster at the GRC (Ventura, CA)
- September 2024: Matt gives a talk at the UCSF Tetrad Annual Retreat (Asilomar, CA)
2023
- June 2023: Matt presents a poster at the 2023 Membrane Protein Folding GRC
- June 2023: Matt is awarded the UCSF Julius R. and Patricia A. Krevans Fellowship
- April 2023: Matt presents ongoing work at the UCSF GPCR Supergroup monthly meeting (San Francisco, CA)
- April 2023: Matt gives an invited talk at the UCSF Cell Engineering & Synthetic Biology seminar series (San Francisco, CA)
- January 2023: Matt gives an invited short talk and poster presentation at the 2023 GPCR Workshop (Kona, HI) and is supported by the UCSF Graduate Division Travel Award
2022
- October 2022: Matt gives a talk and poster presentation at the CZ Biohub Inter-lab Confab (San Francisco, CA)
- October 2022: Matt give a poster presentation on his work at the annual UCSF Tetrad retreat (Tahoe, CA)
- June 2022: Matt Joins the Willow Coyote-Maestas and Manglik Labs
- April 2022: 3rd rotation with the Mordes Lab
- January 2022: 2nd rotation with Willow Coyote-Maestas and the Manglik Lab
2021
- September 2021: 1st lab rotation in the Fraser Lab
- September 2021: First day at UCSF!
- April 2021: Matt accepts an offer to join the Tetrad Program at UCSF!
- January 2021: Matt serves as a TA for Introduction to Biochemistry (Bio406)
2020
- March 2020: COVID-19 starts to turn the world inside-out
2016-2019 (Undergraduate at WashU)
- November 2019: Matt presents a poster at the Center for Science & Engineering of Living Systems (CSELS) meeting
- May 2019: Matt graduates from Washington University in St. Louis with majors in both Biology and Chemistry: concentration in Biochemistry
- May 2019: Matt receives the Lipkin Award for outstanding undergraduate research in chemistry
- May 2019: Matt receives the Outstanding PLTL Award for excellence in academic mentorship
- April 2019: Matt presents a poster on his work from the Jackrel Lab and another poster from his work in Bio4522 at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
- November 2018: Matt presents his work from the Jackrel Lab at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
- August 2018: Matt serves as a TA for General Biochemistry I (Chem481/Bio4810)
- July 2018: Matt attends the Alpha Chi Sigma Chemistry Fraternity Conclave in Pittsburgh, PA
- April 2018: Matt received a BioSURF award to fund his summer research in the Jackrel Lab
- August 2017: Matt starts work as an undergraduate research assistant in the Jackrel Lab at Washington University in St. Louis
- January 2017: Matt starts work as a undergraduate research assistant in the Wayne Barnes Lab at the Washington University School of Medicine
- August 2016: Matt starts work as a General Chemistry (Chem111/112) Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) Leader
- June 2016: Matt starts a summer research internship with the Carolinas Laparoscopic and Advanced Surgery Program (CLASP) at Carolinas Healthcare System
Pre-2015 (High School)
- June 2015: Matt graduates from Providence Day School (Charlotte, NC)
- March 2013: Matt received an honorable mention by the Toshiba|NSTA Exploravision competition for his project "Utilizing an Automatically Titrating Therapeutic Oxygen Delivery Device (ATTODD) to Improve Individualized Patient Care"
- June 2012: Matt, Alex, and Christian win 1st at the state and regional level and travel to Washington, DC to compete for the national eCybermission title
- February 2012: Matt, Emily, and Alexander are invited to the White House Science Fair to present their eCybermission project on water filtration
- June 2011: Matt, Emily, and Alexander win 1st at the state and regional level and travel to Washington, DC to compete for the national eCybermission title